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Do you believe God exists?
1) God is a being, that one can have a personal relationship. A person God. 30%  30%  [ 55 ]
2) God is an impersonal force that guides reality as it is. He decrees our laws of physics, but does not intervene to break them. 12%  12%  [ 22 ]
3) God does not exist. Reality can be explained by scientific inquiry and the scientific method in by itself. 33%  33%  [ 61 ]
4) I am not sure. There is the possibility that God does exist, or does not. We must follow the preponderance of evidence when drawing our conclusion. 26%  26%  [ 48 ]
Total votes : 186

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17 May 2016, 5:55 pm

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Glad to see so many suggestions - I'm currently reading!
First thing I have to know whether Alan Watts and these Indians are into reincarnation, cause that's not my thing. As far as I've been reading today, Watts is not propagating the conventional type of reincarnation, fortunately

UG is not like any other Indian. Despite the name.



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17 May 2016, 6:51 pm

Is the concept of forgiveness covered by any of your writers.

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17 May 2016, 8:28 pm

drlaugh wrote:
Is the concept of forgiveness covered by any of your writers.

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Forgiveness for what?



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17 May 2016, 8:51 pm

Just concept.
Not asking specifics.


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17 May 2016, 9:16 pm

drlaugh wrote:
Just concept.
Not asking specifics.

Then it makes no sense.



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17 May 2016, 9:30 pm

Thank you for your answer


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18 May 2016, 8:23 am


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“In the same way that you see a flower in a field, it’s really the whole field that is flowering, because the flower couldn’t exist in that particular place without the special surroundings of the field; you only find flowers in surroundings that will support them. So in the same way, you only find human beings on a planet of this kind, with an atmosphere of this kind, with a temperature of this kind- supplied by a convenient neighboring star. And so, as the flower is a flowering of the field, I feel myself as a personing- a manning- a peopling of the whole universe. –In other words, I, like everything else in the universe, seem to be a center… a sort of vortex, at which the whole energy of the universe realizes itself- comes alive… an aperture through which the whole universe is conscious of itself. In other words, I go with it as a center to a circumference.”~ Alan Watts


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18 May 2016, 8:38 am

the topic title is "do you believe in god" which requires either a yes or no answer.

the topic title is not "teach me about what you think god is and convert me to your way of thinking".



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18 May 2016, 8:41 am

and to continue, i think that the inevitable unfolding of the universe from nothing into infinite dimensions with zero errors of execution in it's "code" is miraculous and beyond description.



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18 May 2016, 8:50 am

b9 I invite you to never come back to this thread if you do not have anything to contribute. You are extremely rude. I will report you if you continue this behavior.


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18 May 2016, 8:58 am

BINGO

Sorry couldn't resist.
I could just say
Yes I believe.

I do have a tendency to
A. Get irritated when people FTF go on and on when a simple answer will suffice
B. Fail to recognize that I am capable to do what irritates me or have already done it. Excuse me...while I get this tree out of my eye

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18 May 2016, 9:01 am

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b9 I invite you to never come back to this thread if you do not have anything to contribute. You are extremely rude. I will report you if you continue this behavior.

it is not your per-ordained right to pronounce my input as valid or not.
i do not think it is right to force one's beliefs upon anyone, and i merely chided you because i think that is what you do.
the "truth" is beyond even you, and you have no ownership over the conduct of this thread.

do not still be cranky about that thing i said to you about being sick of your face recently. it has blown long away in my mind.



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18 May 2016, 9:16 am

It hasn't left my mind... It has plagued me every day. I changed my avatar on every forum I participate in. What you said is cruel. And you said "I keep seeing your face pop up in this thread." Well no s**t... I am responsible for nearly half the posts in this thread. This is virtually the only thread I post in on wrong planet. This is a forum for discussion... I can give all of the evidence for God's existence I want... And people can take it or leave it. I don't know why you are so antagonistic toward me. I thought I was even your friend form the artwork thread where I complimented you on your fractals and shared a mandelbulb music video with you. It is not fair for you to treat me as though I am some sort of ogre, because I am posting content that is contrary to what you believe. It is not your preordained right to pronounce my input as valid or not... You have no ownership over the conduct in this thread. If the owner of the thread , Deltaville, does not want me to discuss the nature of God then I will quit. I am not forcing my beliefs on anyone... if you think I did that... then I will hear it... copy and paste all of the instances where I did that immediately if this is the case... I would like to know. If you had actually read this thread, you would see where over and over again I have pronounced my own ignorance. I have a very limited and dim refracted reflection of "the truth"... but its something.


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“In the same way that you see a flower in a field, it’s really the whole field that is flowering, because the flower couldn’t exist in that particular place without the special surroundings of the field; you only find flowers in surroundings that will support them. So in the same way, you only find human beings on a planet of this kind, with an atmosphere of this kind, with a temperature of this kind- supplied by a convenient neighboring star. And so, as the flower is a flowering of the field, I feel myself as a personing- a manning- a peopling of the whole universe. –In other words, I, like everything else in the universe, seem to be a center… a sort of vortex, at which the whole energy of the universe realizes itself- comes alive… an aperture through which the whole universe is conscious of itself. In other words, I go with it as a center to a circumference.”~ Alan Watts


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18 May 2016, 9:24 am

NoahYates wrote:
It hasn't left my mind... It has plagued me every day. I changed my avatar on every forum I participate in. What you said is cruel. And you said "I keep seeing your face pop up in this thread." Well no s**t... I am responsible for nearly half the posts in this thread. This is virtually the only thread I post in on wrong planet. This is a forum for discussion... I can give all of the evidence for God's existence I want... And people can take it or leave it. I don't know why you are so antagonistic toward me. I thought I was even your friend form the artwork thread where I complimented you on your fractals and shared a mandelbulb music video with you. It is not fair for you to treat me as though I am some sort of ogre, because I am posting content that is contrary to what you believe. It is not your preordained right to pronounce my input as valid or not... You have no ownership over the conduct in this thread. If the owner of the thread , Deltaville, does not want me to discuss the nature of God then I will quit. I am not forcing my beliefs on anyone... if you think I did that... then I will hear it... copy and paste all of the instances where I did that immediately if this is the case... I would like to know. If you had actually read this thread, you would see where over and over again I have pronounced my own ignorance. I have a very limited and dim refracted reflection of "the truth"... but its something.

yes well sorry. i did not know you had such a sore point concerning your appearance.
if i were you, i would consider me to be an isolated case of a peculiar attitude and move on.

you need to listen to those that matter, not people like me who just say stuff off the top of their head.
i am surprised i could cause a complex in you with what i said, but i do not want you to feel bad, so just forget whatever it was that i said that tripped you up.

many people seem to like you i guess, so hang in their camps of thought



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18 May 2016, 11:16 am

b9 wrote:
and to continue, i think that the inevitable unfolding of the universe from nothing into infinite dimensions with zero errors of execution in it's "code" is miraculous and beyond description.

What would you consider an error?



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18 May 2016, 11:17 am

b9 wrote:
the topic title is "do you believe in god" which requires either a yes or no answer.

the topic title is not "teach me about what you think god is and convert me to your way of thinking".

Thanks Mr. Literal. But as adults we can have discussions that go beyond a title.